Academic CV
A consolidated overview of the academic record and peer-reviewed work
Dr. Ahmed Abouseif holds a doctorate (al-ʿĀlamiyya) in Tafsīr and Qurʾanic Sciences from al-Azhar University and serves as President of the American Imams Academy (AIA). He has nearly thirty-five years of daʿwah, teaching, and preaching since 1991, with more than 2,600 lectures and lessons delivered in four languages, alongside peer-reviewed research in tafsīr, fiqh, and the jurisprudence of Muslim minorities.
+2,600
lectures & lessons
+35
years of experience
4
languages
Academic Qualifications
Doctorate (al-ʿĀlamiyya) in Tafsīr & Qurʾanic Sciences
al-Azhar University — Faculty of Uṣūl al-Dīn and Islamic Daʿwah, Tanta (Dept. of Tafsīr and Qurʾanic Sciences) · 2008
Master’s (al-Takhaṣṣuṣ) in Tafsīr & Qurʾanic Sciences
al-Azhar University — Faculty of Uṣūl al-Dīn and Islamic Daʿwah, Tanta, Postgraduate Studies (Dept. of Tafsīr and Qurʾanic Sciences) · 2003
Peer-Reviewed Publications (9)
- The Slaughter of the People of the Book in the Qurʾanic Approach: The American Context as a Case StudyPeer-Reviewed Conference Paper · A study derived from a peer-reviewed paper at the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA); the original version was presented to the 9th Annual Imams' Conference (2012), theme: "The Lawful and the Forbidden in Foods and Medicines" · 2026
- The Farewell Ṭawāf Between Obligation and GentlenessMonograph · A comparative uṣūlī–maqāṣid study in fiqh — final consolidated version, on the margins of the Hajj season 1447 AH · 2026
- Qur’anic Exegesis Between the Renewal of Reality and the Renewal of Tools: Artificial Intelligence as a Case StudyPeer-Reviewed Conference Paper · First International Academic Conference — Knowledge Center for Research and Education (Malaysia) · 2026
- Fatwa in the Age of Digital TransformationAcademic Research · Expansion of a peer-reviewed paper — Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA) · 2026
- The Reality of Fatwa in the United States in the Age of Artificial IntelligencePeer-Reviewed Conference Paper · 10th World Conference — General Secretariat for Houses and Bodies of Iftaa Worldwide · 2025
- Fatwa Between the Mufti's Eligibility and the Chaos of Fatwa-IssuancePeer-Reviewed Conference Paper · 15th Annual Imams' Conference — Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA) · 2018
- Women and Daʿwah in Western SocietyPeer-Reviewed Conference Paper · 10th Annual Conference — Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA) · 2013
- The Preponderances (Tarjīḥāt) of Imām Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbī in His Tafsīr "al-Tashīl li-ʿUlūm al-Tanzīl": A Study and AppraisalAcademic Research · al-Azhar University — Faculty of Uṣūl al-Dīn and Islamic Daʿwah, Tanta (Dept. of Tafsīr and Qurʾanic Sciences) · 2008
- The Tafsīr of Imām al-Māturīdī, "Taʾwīlāt Ahl al-Sunna": A Critical Edition and Study of the Exegesis of Sūrat al-AʿrāfAcademic Research · al-Azhar University — Faculty of Uṣūl al-Dīn and Islamic Daʿwah, Tanta, Postgraduate Studies (Dept. of Tafsīr and Qurʾanic Sciences) · 2003
Articles & Series
Maqāṣid-Based Tafsīr
- The Concept of the Message through Sūrat al-Baqara
- Sailing Through the Two Radiant Suras
- The Threshold of Peace: A Reading in the Axis of Sūrat al-Baqara
- Knowing Souls Before Teaching Texts
- Objective-Based Tafsīr: Clarifying the Concept and Defining the Term
- Objective-Based Tafsīr and Its Siblings: A Distinction That Removes Confusion
- The Origin and Development of Objective-Based Tafsīr Across the Centuries
- The Grand Objectives of the Qur'an and the Goal of Objective-Based Tafsīr
- The Figures and Scholars of Objective-Based Tafsīr
- The Principles and Controls of Objective-Based Tafsīr: Between Openness and Discipline
- The Fruit of Studying the Qur'an upon the Basis of Objectives
- A Behavioral Application: The Objectives of the Qur'an in Building the Conduct of the Individual
- A Social Application: The Objectives of the Qur'an in Reforming Relationships and Society
- A Psychological Application: The Objectives of the Qur'an in the Tranquility and Healing of the Soul
- Objective-Based Tafsīr of Sūrat al-Fātiḥah
Concepts of Faith
- Tazkiyah in the Qurʾan
- Fitnah in the Qurʾan
- Shūrā in the Qurʾan
- Qisṭ and ʿAdl in the Qurʾan
- Ḥikmah in the Qurʾan
- ʿAfw in the Qurʾan
- Raḥmah in the Qurʾan
- Iḥsān in the Qurʾan
- Birr in the Qurʾan
- Ḥayāʾ in the Qurʾan
- Khushūʿ in the Qurʾan
- Sakīnah in the Qurʾan
- Riḍā in the Qurʾan
- Tawakkul in the Qurʾan
- Shukr in the Qurʾan
- Ṣabr in the Qurʾan
- Amānah in the Qurʾan
- Ṣidq in the Qurʾan
- Ikhlāṣ in the Qurʾan
- Tawbah in the Qurʾan
- Istiqāmah in the Qurʾan
- Mīthāq in the Qurʾan
- Fiṭrah in the Qurʾan
Wisdom & Insights
- Overlooking the Slips of People of Merit
- Everyone Acts According to His Own Nature
- Taqwā in the Noble Qurʾan: From the Meaning of the Word to the Philosophy of Application
- The Companions and the Making of Scholarly Awareness
- A Reflection on Pure Sincerity
- Response Is Life
- A Kaaba or a Qiblah?
- Straightening the Hearts Before the Rows
- The Appetite for Obedience
- Then Let Them Complete Their Cleansing
- Remind Them of the Days of Allah
- Where We Stand in the Sentence of History
- Glad Tidings of the Qur'an
- Awakened Consciences
- Steadfastness Between the Indications of the Sacred Texts and the Response of the Human Soul
- The Best Nation for the Best Religion
- Our Servitude — Between Deed and Word
- Wisdom is the Lost Property of the Believer
- Satan and Man: Goal and Means
Glimmers of Prophetic Light
Imamship & Leadership
- Your Sermon: An Essay or a Stance?
- Our Noble Imam… Your Khutbah
- Da'wah Discourse Between Complete Conveyance and the Blight of Excerpting
- The House of Daʿwah: Between the Inherited Image and the Human Reality
- Children of the Imams: Between Grace and Trial
- The Imam Between Individual Fatwa and Collective Voice
- Why Western Mosques Need an Institutional Mind
- Crafting the Modern Imam: Knowledge, Management, and Pastoral Containment
- The Imam in the West: From Leading the Prayer to Leading the Community
Islam & Civilization
- The Philosophy of Displacement in the Noble Qur'an
- The Isrāʾ Before the Miʿrāj — The Constitutional Sūra and the Civic State Model
- The Sunan of Civilization in the Qur'an — Six Laws That Govern the Rise and Fall of Nations
- The Hoopoe's Wing and the Flood of al-ʿArim — The Law of Rise and Fall in the Qur'an
- Sūrat Yūsuf and the Curve of Civilizational Ascent
- The Qur'an and the Foundations of Civilization
- The Island of the Qur'an
Scholarly Ijāzas
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Conferences & Participation
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Memberships & Committees
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